Fit for purpose

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When Erinaceous went into administration earlier in the year, its insurance side survived. Now as it prepares to welcome Kwik-Fit boss Martin Oliver as its new executive chairman, Alwynne Gwilt reports on how the company - now known as Barbon - managed through difficult times

Walking into Barbon Insurance Group's head offices in Croydon is like stepping over a threshold into the past. Everywhere one looks, remnants of the company's former identity, Erinaceous Insurance

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